"Cornell's boxes of the 1940s and 1950s consisted of achingly melancholy juxtapositions of incongruously scaled objects implying temporal and spatial poetic leaps. A Victorian child's soap bubble set would be placed against a lunar map or a...

"The atom bomb was good news for Dali's commercial art." (Caption); "The New York Times reviewer of the Sentimental Colloquy had said correctly that Dali's 'Surrealist' paintings were now executed according to a mere formula. That was also Edward...

A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Department of Labor. A table and three chairs sit in front of the display. From the display, "Dept. of Labor, Edward F. Seiller. Chief. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics....

A crowd of African Americans, mostly men and boys, stop beside a cart of tobacco and in front of a three-story dark wood building which has an awning over the first floor. One man in front holds a load of tobacco. A man sits on the awning and two...

A crowd of people gather for a campaign rally for Republican mayoral candidate Arthur A. Will on Oct. 9, 1925 in front of the Armory (now Louisville Gardens) at 514 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.), Louisville, Kentucky. The group is a mix...

A female protester walks out of the offices of the College of Arts and Sciences into the waiting crowd of onlookers, police and the media. Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and some of their supporters occupied the administrative offices of...

A group of African-Americans stand in front of Gardiner Hall. A white hand holds up a sign, "Black rights mean everyone's rights." Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and some of their supporters occupied the administrative offices of the...

A man in blackface sits in a chair with a wooden guitar on his lap. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville does not endorse the content of, or expression...

About a dozen people, both African Americans and Caucasians, stand on this side of a wire fence looking at a roofless log cabin. Large American flags and a picture of Abraham Lincoln are attached to the logs. The original logs from what was...

Address: 1112 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. This is likely the interior of Bradford Cleaners. Several African Americans are working in a room full of clothes. A man stands by an ironing board. Beyond him, a woman sits at what appears to be...

Address: 1114 W. Liberty Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Tobacco leaves are spread on wooden benches in a dimly lit workroom. With the exception of one man standing at the edge of the room who is Caucasian, all the workers are African Americans. Some...

Address: 2116 Baringer Avenue. Movers carry furniture down the steps of a house on Baringer Avenue. Two of the workers are African Americans. The side of the truck says, ""Herman Poll, Louisville KY - 20 Years Dependable Service Est. 1907 - Moving...

Address: 760 S. Hancock Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A group of African Americans adults wait with children, including a toddler and infants, in front of the Presbyterian Colored Mission. One man stands at the end near a car. The brick building...

African American woman sews up a patch on a young boys pants as he lays across her lap. The facial expressions are stereotypical portrayals of blacks in the early 20th century. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may...

African Americans play music and dance in what the photographer describes as "negro quarters," on the grounds of the Mengel Company lumber camp in Mengelwood, Tennessee. A sign on the back wall says, "Don't forget the ball game on Sunday."

African Americans, including a man, two women, three children, and a baby held by the woman at left, pose close in front of an house of unpainted, long vertical wood boards supporting a roof with thick shingles; the house has a tall brick chimney...

Artist: Elaine Ireland / About the artist: I grew up in roughly the same region of the country (upstate NY and Ohio) as Lula but after receiving my BFA at Kent State University in 1972, I transferred myself to Boston to become more closely involved...

As for myself, I am a creator and designer of authentic patterns and have been in 'Thelma Jo's Period & Portrait Doll Patterns' business for over 20 years. I have taught in national as well as regional conventions and have loved every minute in the...